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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. This anthology presents five previously unpublished stories by Raymond Carver, in addition to five early stories, part of an unfinished novel, and all his non-fiction prose. The works are introduced by his partner. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860468469
ISBN
9781860468469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. The Plumberry School of Comfort Food is due to open in a few weeks' time and needs the kind of great ideas that only Verity could cook up. But when tragedy strikes at the very heart of the cookery school, can Verity find the magic ingredient for Plumberry while still writing her own recipe for happiness? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552172080
ISBN
9780552172080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth'. With an obsession for the "Guinness Book of Records" and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRF0037736
ISBN
9781841959061
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A contemporary saga in the bestselling tradition of Lesley Pearse Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 35. Weight in Grams: 286. Clean copy
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0224853
ISBN
9780747266464
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Keneally at his powerful best, with the gripping tale of a priest and a serial killer in World War II Australia. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy. Covers and page edges showing some shelfwear, remains in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KSG0009114
ISBN
9780340624760
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Chains of Sand is a novel about identity, family, and clashes of culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079726
ISBN
9781785079726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Series: Persephone Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906462024
ISBN
9781906462024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. A compelling, funny and poignant novel about what happens when a family - and an entire community - are forced to confront the difference between right and wrong. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782390138
ISBN
9781782390138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862412975
ISBN
9780862412975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Donna Stewart's family is poor but respectable and hard working. Donna is beautiful and clever - about to go up to university. Celebrating her exam results with her friends at a club, she meets Danny Lester, 10 years older, much richer, a businessman - he sweeps her off her feet. But it gradually emerges that he is a criminal and a sadist. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509844
ISBN
9780099509844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1 Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609452292
ISBN
9781609452292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Imagine swapping your house for a stay in an Italian villa .. and falling in love with the owner's life .. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409150879
ISBN
9781409150879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. His name is Lord Doyle. His plan: to gamble away his last days in the dark and decadent casino halls of Macau. His game: baccarat punto blanco - 'that slutty dirty queen of casino card games.' Though Doyle is not a Lord at all. He is a fake; a corrupt lawyer who has spent a career siphoning money from rich clients. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599685
ISBN
9780099599685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. If you can't date anyone nice, don't date anyone at all.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0018480
ISBN
9781847561916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Papi tells a story in the voice of an eight year old girl waiting in Santo Domingo for her father to return from New York to lavish her with gifts and the glory of his fame. Things don't go according to plan. Translator(s): Obejas, Achy. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244891
ISBN
9780226244891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.38

Paperback. Presents the stories of Marius, wealthy but lowborn, and Sulla, penniless though aristocratic and debauched - men of vision whose ambitions will lay the foundations of the most awesome empire ever known. Series: Masters of Rome. Num Pages: 1056 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 47. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099462484
ISBN
9780099462484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. In this collection of 20 short stories, the editor Richard Ford has selected his personal favourites of Chekhov's work. Includes are "The Kiss", "The Darling", as well as lesser known tales such as "A Blunder", "Hush" and "Champagne". Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862073005
ISBN
9781862073005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

Hardcover. In "Nineteen eighty-four", one of the 20th century's great myth-makers takes a cold look at the future. Orwell's study of individual struggling - or not struggling - against totalitarianism remains a salutary lesson in any society. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 211 x 29. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151343
ISBN
9781857151343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 113 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405926751
ISBN
9781405926751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511663
ISBN
9780099511663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The second novel from the ever popular authour of Night Song of the Last Tram and Whose Turn for the Stairs? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755380299
ISBN
9780755380299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. How does a gunman retire? Frank MacLeod was the best at what he does. Thoughtful. Efficient. Ruthless. But is he still the best?A new job. A target. But something is about to go horribly wrong. Someone is going to end up dead.Most gunmen say goodbye to the world with a bang. Frank's still here. He's lasted longer than he should have.. Series: The Glasgow Trilogy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 232 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Open market & Airside ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447235965
ISBN
9781447235965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Tallie Jones is a Hollywood legend. An ambitious and passionate film director, her award-winning productions achieve the rare combination of critical and commercial success. But she has little interest in the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, instead focusing intently on her work and family. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KCG0000398
ISBN
9780552159043
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The No. 1 New York Times bestseller from the author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472212771
ISBN
9781472212771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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